The process of taking someone through the 12 steps - Sex Stories

The process of taking someone through the 12 steps

... Had you offered yourselves as patients at this hospital, I would not have taken you, if I had been able to avoid it. People like you are too heartbreaking. Though not a religious person, I have profound respect for the spiritual approach in such cases as yours. For most cases, there is virtually no other solution. 1 this is were the first step and the second step come together Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. HIS DEFENSE MUST COME FROM A HIGHER POWER. Now I want you to for me to a mirror that will show us both. Standing next to each other and each see the other. -Look at yourself in the mirror; can you image you as being god? Of course not, you are not god -Looking at me in the mirror, can you image me as being god? Of course not, I am not god... -You can not make me -I can not make you. There is a god that created you and a god that create me… Now take them out side with you and point out the trees, sky, other people, and plants. Asking over and over; Could you create that? No no no no no no no no Who could create that? GOD GOD GOD GOD GOD GOD. This is important that you believe is some power that is greater then you or I. Go back inside sit down and ask, How do you feel? Page 44 If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you ...

... are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which ONLY a spiritual experience will conquer. only a spiritual experience To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face. But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life- or else. must we must… If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago. Page 45 Lack of power, that was our dilemma. We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a POWER GEATER THAN OURSELVES. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power? Well, that’s exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. That means we have written a book which we believe to be spiritual as well as moral. And it means, of course, that we are going to talk about GOD. look up the word exactly. That is exactly what this book is about. We have written a book Spiritual as well moral We are going to talk about God Page 46 Let us make haste to reassure you. We found that as soon as we were able to lay aside prejudice and express even a willingness to believe in a Power greater than ourselves, we commenced to get results, even though it was impossible for any of us to fully define or comprehend that Power, which is God. You don not have know what he is, just ...